SpaceX live updates: Team fueling up Starship rocket for launch
Written by ABC Audio All Rights Reserved on April 20, 2023
(BOCA CHICA, Texas) — SpaceX will attempt a second launch of its Starship rocket after the first launch attempt was scrubbed due to a frozen valve in the pressurization system.
The launch will take place at the company’s Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas — about 20 miles east of Brownsville — with a 62-minute window opening at 9:28 a.m. ET. A live webcast will begin 45 minutes before liftoff.
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern:
Apr 20, 8:45 AM EDT
Starship rocket is being loaded
SpaceX is fueling its Starship rocket — the world’s larger spacecraft — as it attempts a second launch.
The first launch attempt was scrubbed Monday due to a frozen valve in the pressurization system.
“The Starship team is go for prop load; team is keeping an eye on the weather,” SpaceX said in a tweet.
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